Yes, thank you, Karolyn. Right now I just have some half-baked notions; so
any evidence that I can accumulate will be appreciated.
Yours,
Clint
Dr. Clinton Atchley
Department of English
Box 7652
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR 71999
Phone: 870.230.5276
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.hsu.edu/faculty/atchlec
>-----Original Message-----
>From: karolyn [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 8:46 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: wood of the cross
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>
>This idea is also in Cursor Mundi. I could find exact lines
>over the next
>few days if you'd like them.
>Karolyn
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Atchley, Clinton <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 3:35 PM
>Subject: wood of the cross
>
>
>>
>> In Capitulum 70 of *Jacob's Well* (c. 1500), the preacher
>tells us that
>the
>> cross used in the crucifixion was composed of four
>woods--cedar, cypress,
>> palm, and olive--which represent various things. In the 12c
>Old English
>> version of the *History of the Holy Rood-Tree*, we find the
>cross made of
>> cypress, cedar, and pine representing the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
>> respectively. Can anyone tell me who started this convention of
>associating
>> the cross with a variety of woods? Other examples?
>>
>> Dr. Clinton Atchley
>> Department of English
>> Box 7652
>> Henderson State University
>> Arkadelphia, AR 71999
>> Phone: 870.230.5276
>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>> URL: http://www.hsu.edu/faculty/atchlec
>>
>>
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